Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may go even further than the Long Drive , he 'd said . |
| 2 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
| 3 | B : I might have later on if that meeting 's off . |
| 4 | I figured I might have rather less than ten seconds to beat the ascending Mamba to the balcony , from there I 'd take the door which leads to the vast western attics and unexplored spaces beyond . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't need it but I 'll do much better than that . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 'll go as far as Claydon with you , and I would like to get off and walk through a footpath into a lane and into Creeting , to have a look at the old blacksmith shop . |
| 7 | I 'll cooperate as far as I can , on the understanding of course that I remain in control — full control — of anything to do with my project . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll come as far as Tucker 's , get some fags , ’ Nails said . |
| 9 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 10 | I could do no better than use the graphic terms in which my hon. Friend described Labour 's position . |
| 11 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 12 | ‘ When I was young , I could move as fast as Harald . |
| 13 | Erm er perhaps I could refer just briefly as to why not . |
| 14 | I could go much faster than they could . |
| 15 | Well I was just wo wondering about that window but I pr I think I prefer just a curtain and I do n't think I could put both there because the roller . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd go again today if it did n't mean waiting in line till a month from Monday , ’ said USA Today reviewer Mike Clark . |
| 17 | ‘ In fact , I 'd go as far as to say you 've got the worst case of it I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 18 | Tape Worm : I 'm normally very polite and hardly swear , but I 'd go so far as to say that Tape Worm is one ugly ( Censored ! — Ed ) . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say I was very impressed . |
| 20 | I 'd say more than that , in fact I 'd go so far as to mention the name of Blanche Ingram and the word , marriage . |
| 21 | In fact , I 'd go so far as to return a compliment I 've had paid to me by men many times over in my eventful life . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say that you 're wasting your time even to think of applying for custody . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You did n't really think I 'd run away just because you tore up a few of my clothes , did you ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It would have to be a very small stone , but I would do so gladly if it binds you to me . ’ |
| 25 | I , I would hope even sooner than that . |
| 26 | Indeed , I would go so far as to say that a doctor who continued treatment past this point would be behaving at least unethically , if not unlawfully . |
| 27 | In fact , I would go so far as to say that there is almost a feeling of relief here that Clause 28 is associated with someone so widely discredited . |
| 28 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 29 | I would go so far as to say that one of the main reasons why there are fewer casualties among pedestrians and particularly children in countries such as West Germany is that that country has more flexibility in the use of speed limits . |
| 30 | We 've put those together , we 've looked at the staff that we need to administer that particular level of activity , and we 've come out with a figure that we think is a reasonable estimate , in fact I would go so far as saying , we think this is the lowest estimate that we can safely put forward , as to our needs for the coming year . |